How Companies Lie: Why Enron Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

The questions investors need to ask . . . The answers corporate America must give about the true facts of corporate performance and value.

During the 2001 baseball season, when games were played at Enron Field in Houston, a typical reaction was: “What the hell is Enron and what do they do?” Now we know more about the executives and inner workings of today’s best-known rogue company than we ever imagined. But it turns out that Enron is just the most egregious case of a disturbing trend and th...